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- noun Plural form of
deportment .
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Examples
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For history of times representeth the magnitude of actions, and the public faces and deportments of persons, and passeth over in silence the smaller passages and motions of men and matters.
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In sequel whereof, one night as he was lying by her, whilst in his sleep the rambling fancies of the lecherous deportments of his wife did take up the cellules of his brain, he dreamt that he encountered with the devil, to whom he had discovered to the full the buzzing of his head and suspicion that his wife did tread her shoe awry.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In sequel whereof, one night as he was lying by her, whilst in his sleep the rambling fancies of the lecherous deportments of his wife did take up the cellules of his brain, he dreamt that he encountered with the devil, to whom he had discovered to the full the buzzing of his head and suspicion that his wife did tread her shoe awry.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Let the soul be continually wonted to reverential thoughts of God's greatness and omnipresence, and it will be much upon its watch as to any undue deportments.
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers 1616-1683 1967
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In brief, this whole discourse is the mere Pelagian figment, wrapped up in general, cloudy expressions, with allusions to some Scripture phrases (which profane as well as erring spirits are prone to) concerning the bestowing of the grace of God according to the differing deportments and deservings of men, differencing themselves from others, and, in comparison of them, holding out what they have not received.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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The mourners in Zion are not to be ashamed of their lot and state, but to profess it in all suitable outward demonstration of it; — not in fantastical habits and gestures, like sundry orders of the monks; not in affected forms of speech, and uncouth deportments, like some among ourselves; but in such ways as naturally express the inward frame of mind inquired after.
Gospel Grounds and Evidences of the Faith of God���s Elect 1616-1683 1965
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The difficulty was to avoid making them, with their oriental styles and deportments, look stiff and awkward when confined for the first time in the garb of our civilised torture-house.
French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard
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Now they have travelled from place to place, and taken a full view of what friends and relations each other hath; and seen also the great difference there is in the ornaments, neatness, manners and deportments of each place, and also how pleasant the _Hills_, _Dales_ and _Meadows_ lie, with their silver streaming Brooks; but most particularly, how neatly and compleatly one may, for their mony, be treated.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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Their faces, their deportments, may not have shown the change.
A Minstrel in France Harry Lauder 1910
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He beholds, from the throne of His glory above, all the treaties which are held and managed with sinners in His name, and what their deportments are therein.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South Grenville Kleiser 1910
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